Watched 5 Kurosawa movies since last week: Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood, The Hidden Fortress, and Yojimbo
All of these are great but Yojimbo is one of my favorite all time movies because A Fistful of Dollars is also one of my favorite movies.
One of my favorite facts is that Kurosawa sued Sergio Leone, saying that Fistful infringed on Yojimbo because it was an uncredited shot-for-shot remake (it was), and wound up making more money off of the Fistful royalties than the Yojimbo royalties.
You also have Hidden fortress to thank/blame for most of A New Hope’s plot and the thieves specifically were the inspiration for R2D2 and C3PO’s relationship.